scrape something ↔ together/up phrasal verbphr v GETto get enough money for a particular purpose, when this is difficult 〔为某目的〕勉强筹集，凑足〔钱款〕 She scraped together the last of her savings. 她凑拢自己最后的那点积蓄。
They could hardly scrape up enough money for the train fare. 他们几乎连买火车票的钱都凑不足。
scrape together/up• I figured I could scrape that up.• So Tod and his brother Frank scraped some money together: asked Carmichael to sell the Parrot back.
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